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San Francisco-based blockchain firm, Ripple, announced its first On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) customers in France and Sweden. According to the company, the European market is ripe for disruption with RippleNet-powered ODL.…
Khashayar Farmanbar – Energy Minister of Sweden – believes the nation’s electricity supply should be focused on something “more useful” than bitcoin mining. Over the years, the country has made…
Concerned about projected increase in electricity demand, the government in Sweden may turn its back on crypto mining, the country’s energy minister has indicated. Swedish bitcoin minting industry, a leader…
CBDCs are an investment to protect the fiat-based monetary system. Cash is on its way out, and its share as a medium of payment will significantly reduce in the coming…
A report by the Riksbank makes the case for banning Bitcoin mining in Sweden over proof-of-work energy consumption concerns; Bitcoin Twitter was quick to react.
Riksbank – the central bank of Sweden – has joined a chorus of other monetary authorities in rejecting Bitcoin’s status as “currency”. It argues that cryptocurrencies are poor at serving…
22 days ago, Bitcoin.com News wrote about a Coin Insider trends study that combed through Google Trends data in the United States. According to the report, dogecoin was the most…
The Swedish CBDC is now technically ready for integration with banks and payment service providers, according to a report from Riksbank.
Contrary to some expectations, Beijing’s crackdown on the crypto mining industry has increased Bitcoin’s carbon emissions, researchers have alleged. Leaving China, miners also left behind its eco-friendly hydropower and are…
The EU should prohibit proof-of-work crypto mining, an executive at the European securities watchdog has insisted. Coins relying on the energy-intensive method of minting pose a risk to efforts aimed…